Milton Abbey has always been an interesting and fun place at weekends but this year under the direction of Mr Wilson, the weekend activities programme reached dizzy new heights.

Max Thompson, a pupil in the Lower Sixth, says "weekends at school are far from dull, mainly because everyone is always around, even the day pupils come on trips over the weekend and get involved. Regardless of whether you are doing one of the extensive activities on offer or just relaxing at the end of a busy week it is a happy, energetic and enjoyable environment to be in with your friends"

When so many boarding schools can be almost empty at weekends, we thought the level of take up from pupils, and the sheer range of activities on offer, warranted some recognition. We've been totting up the number of pupils who have been involved in different activities this academic year and the results surprised even us. So here goes, the numbers relate to the number of pupils who took part in each activity:

1208

Internal Social/ Fancy Dress Parties / DJ nights

656

House BBQs

520

Inter School Socials

514

Meal Trips

326

Cinema Trips

318

Town visits - Bath, Bournemouth etc.

250

Inter-House Music nights

245

Open Mic night

245

Inter-House Sport

200

Quiz Night

120

Paintball

118

Bowling

96

Pizza making

89

Water Park

81

Laser Tag

75

Trampoline Park

67

Surfing

55

6 Nations @ Twickenham

54

Climbing

53

Fireworks

50

Kayaking

40

Point to Point

28

Skate Park

25

Summer games

22

Dry ski slopes

12

Sea Fishing

10

Touring car

10

Kite Surfing

We'd like to know if any other boarding school, especially one of our size, can offer such an extensive range of activities and such high take up - we think this is one area where we have an unrivalled offer.